1942 VFL Season: Richmond

Season Team Details

Season: 1942 VFL Season
Team: Richmond
Home Ground: Punt Road Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 2nd (W-D-L: 11-0-4, P%: 134.5%)
Finals Performance: Runners-Up
Players: 37
Brownlow Leader(s): unavailable
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Jack Titus (62)
Jack Dyer Medal Recipient(s): Leo Merrett

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Jack Dyer

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Ablett, Len #3 16 R01-R09, R11-R16, SF 2
Bawden, Bob #23 17 R01-R09, R11-R16, SF, GF 17
Brannan, Andy #30 5 R02-R06 12
Burge, Fred #8 6 R12, R14-R16, SF, GF 5
Colls, Kevin #5 2 R07, R11 0
Crane, Jack #18 12 R01-R09, R12, R15-R16 2
Crohan, Kevin #8 1 R01 0
Davey, Pat #3, #5 3 R04, R08-R09 3
Dwan, Harry #30 1 R01 0
Dyer, Jack #17 17 R01-R09, R11-R16, SF, GF 30
Edwards, Bert #2 16 R01-R03, R05-R09, R11-R16, SF, GF 2
Ford, Eddie #7 2 R02-R03 0
Guinane, Danny #22, #21 16 R01-R09, R11-R13, R15-R16, SF, GF 0
Harris, Dick #20 17 R01-R09, R11-R16, SF, GF 63
Hay, Bob #5 2 SF, GF 1
Hinson, Joe #1 5 R09, R11-R14 0
Hull, Ian #27 16 R01-R09, R11-R16, SF 2
Maguire, Leo #31 2 R11-R12 1
Martin, Des #32, #10 5 R13-R16, GF 5
Merrett, Leo #22 17 R01-R09, R11-R16, SF, GF 9
Morris, Bill #7 6 R08-R09, R11, R14, R16, GF 4
Oppy, Max #33, #30 9 R04, R07-R09, R11-R14, SF 6
Perkins, Bill #9 8 R01-R04, R08-R09, R11-R12 0
Priestley, Charlie #11 3 R01-R02, R05 2
Randall, Brian #29 5 R13, R15-R16, SF, GF 4
Reilly, Joe #34 8 R03, R05-R07, R13-R15, GF 0
Russell, Wally #14 5 R01-R03, R06-R07 7
Scott, Jack #6 14 R04-R09, R11-R16, SF, GF 12
Searl, Sid #8 3 R06, R08-R09 0
Smeaton, George #24 10 R02-R09, SF, GF 0
Steele, Ray #4 8 R11-R16, SF, GF 0
Styles, Gordon #33 3 R04-R05, R08 1
Sullivan, Jack #26 15 R01-R07, R11-R16, SF, GF 6
Symons, Jack #19 13 R01-R07, R13-R16, SF, GF 9
Titus, Jack #12 17 R01-R09, R11-R16, SF, GF 67
Waldron, Bernie #13 17 R01-R09, R11-R16, SF, GF 6
Walliker, Bob #1 1 R01 0

Team Line-Up

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This is an approximation for the typical team line-up based on available position records from this season.

Coach Results

Coach Match(es) (W-D-L) Round(s)
Dyer, Jack 17 12 -0- 5 R01-R09, R11-R16, SF, GF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
09/05/1942 Round 1 Footscray HOME WIN RIC by 20 Jack Dyer Jack Dyer
16/05/1942 Round 2 Melbourne AWAY WIN RIC by 79 Jack Dyer Jack Dyer
23/05/1942 Round 3 Collingwood HOME WIN RIC by 138 Jack Dyer Jack Dyer
30/05/1942 Round 4 St Kilda AWAY WIN RIC by 80 Jack Dyer Jack Dyer
06/06/1942 Round 5 Carlton HOME WIN RIC by 27 Jack Dyer Jack Dyer
13/06/1942 Round 6 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 1 Jack Dyer Jack Dyer
20/06/1942 Round 7 South Melbourne HOME LOSS SOU by 17 Jack Dyer Jack Dyer
27/06/1942 Round 8 Fitzroy AWAY WIN RIC by 24 Jack Dyer Jack Dyer
04/07/1942 Round 9 North Melbourne HOME WIN RIC by 3 Jack Dyer Jack Dyer
Round 10 BYE
18/07/1942 Round 11 Hawthorn AWAY WIN RIC by 32 Jack Dyer Jack Dyer
25/07/1942 Round 12 Footscray AWAY LOSS FOO by 7 Jack Dyer Jack Dyer
01/08/1942 Round 13 Melbourne HOME WIN RIC by 25 Jack Dyer Jack Dyer
08/08/1942 Round 14 Collingwood AWAY WIN RIC by 34 Jack Dyer Jack Dyer
15/08/1942 Round 15 St Kilda HOME WIN RIC by 72 Jack Dyer Jack Dyer
22/08/1942 Round 16 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 53 Jack Dyer Jack Dyer
05/09/1942 Semi Final Essendon AWAY WIN RIC by 22 Jack Dyer Jack Dyer
19/09/1942 Grand Final Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 53 Jack Dyer Jack Dyer